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Children (Amendment) Bill 2023
- Sponsor
- Patrick Costello · Green Party
- Introduced
- 29 Nov 2023
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Children Act 2001 to extend privacy protections to all entitled to them, closing gaps where protections applied retroactively to some but not others.
- Ensures minors who committed offences receive consistent privacy safeguards across all relevant provisions of the Children Act 2001.
- Addresses inconsistency in application of protections by extending safeguards to those previously excluded due to retroactive provision implementation.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil29 Nov 2023
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